Punctuation: Hyphen
Definition & Usage
- used to form compound words
Examples
anti-climax
happy-go-lucky
stick-in-the-mud
- to avoid awkward combination of letters
Examples
co-operate
re-entry
semi-invalid
- to form compound adjectives
Examples
a self-made man
a twenty-one-year-old girl
a five-metre-long pole
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